KairosDB Guide

Grafana v2.1 brings initial support for KairosDB Datasources. While the process of adding the datasource is similar to adding a Graphite or OpenTSDB datasource type, Kairos DB does have a few different options for building queries.

Adding the data source to Grafana

Open the side menu by clicking the the Grafana icon in the top header.

In the side menu under the Dashboards link you should find a link named Data Sources.

NOTE: If this link is missing in the side menu it means that your current user does not have the Admin role for the current organization.

Click the Add new link in the top header.

Select KairosDB from the dropdown.

Name

Description

Name

The data source name, important that this is the same as in Grafana v1.x if you plan to import old dashboards.

Default

Default data source means that it will be pre-selected for new panels.

Url

The http protocol, ip and port of your kairosdb server (default port is usually 8080)